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Orland Hills, Illinois

Village in Cook County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Orland Hills

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, South and West Suburbs (Chicago) (IL), 7 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good7.9 mi
  • Ozone9Good8 ppb7.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb18.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Orland Hills

0.58 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.58in
Last 3 days
0.67in

Visibility

How far you can see at Orland Hills, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Orland Hills, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Orland Hills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Orland ParkORLI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.9 mi away/740 ft/42 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank897of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Tinley Park 1.5 NNWIL-CK-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/709 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Little Red School HouseWLLI2

At a school/8.5 mi away/719 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Romeoville/Chi, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.3 mi from Orland Hills, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, broken at 3,700 ft, overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Romeoville/Chi, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOTFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROMEOVILLE/CHISECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERomeoville/Chi, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LOTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LOT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Romeoville/Chi: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOTFIG. B THE AIR AT ROMEOVILLE/CHITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 57.2 FDEW POINT 53.6 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLERomeoville/Chi, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LOTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LOT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Romeoville/Chi, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOTFIG. C THE WIND AT ROMEOVILLE/CHIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERomeoville/Chi, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LOTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LOT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Romeoville/Chi, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Orland Hills

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Orland Hills

River and lake gauges